Burnt mound in Kealagowlane — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Kealagowlane holds three burnt mounds and a fulacht fia within eighty metres, proving the slope served repeated heating rather than a single kitchen. People likely dragged water up the rocky terrain, heated stones until they shattered, and dumped the ruined material into trenches that became mounds. The cluster suggests a busy valley where heat, water and assembly repeated until the land itself recorded the rhythm.

In rough grazing, on a bog-covered terrace on the S-facing rocky slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain. The remains of an irregular mound (5m N-S; 3m E-W; H 0.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil protrudes above the surface of the bog which is covered with rushes and moor grass. A burnt mound (CO104-027005-) and a fulacht fia (CO104-027006-) lie c. 15m to the NNW and c. 50m to the WSW, respectively and there is a cairn (CO104-027003-) c. 50m to the E and a stone circle (CO104-027001-) c. 80m to the SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Burnt mound in Kealagowlane is a Neolithic ritual or industrial site, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. It is significant as evidence of early human activity, possibly related to ceremonial practices or tanning processes.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.